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I have been trying to trigger javascript after an iframe is loaded with foreign content.  Everything I read told me that the following code should work in all browsers (but, it doesn't):

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Here's a quick tip for anyone trying to maintain graceful degradation of javascript. Keep all your javascript-dependent styles in a separate stylesheet and use javascript to load those styles immediately in the head of the document.

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I was trouble-shooting a friend's DOM-Script the other day. It consisted of a form select element that was working in Firefox, but not in Explorer.

"Suprise, surprise," was my first thought. But, actually... Explorer had the correct behavior. For once.

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I had this great idea to test out relative units. What if you defined the body's font-size based off of the window's width (or height). So, now you've got a dynamic font-size setting for the body tag... big deal, right? Absolutely!

With a little DOM-Scripting, some creative CSS, and a little elbow grease, we can make a fully scalable page!

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